The Effect of Patient Discharge From the Maternal and Fetal Medicine Unit With Receiving a Discharge Letter Later Using the Apollo App on Discharge Data, Safety and Patient Satisfaction - a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 140
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The mean time needed from discharge decision until the actual discharge
研究概览
简要总结
Women admitted to the maternal and fetal medicine unit are often discharged after a short hospital stay. The routine work in the department is prioritized such that the discharge letter are written. In the last year the Apollo mobile application (app) was introduced. It contains general information on the medical center and the maternal and fetal unit department as well as the medical records, laboratory results and summary and discharge letters. The Apollo app is used in the maternal and fetal unit in the discharge process so the patient can receive the discharge letter in the app and does not need to wait until the discharge letter is written.
It is not known whether this process is more effective than the regular discharge process and patients' satisfaction was not assessed previously.
In the present study we will compare discharge data, satisfaction and safety of discharging using the Apollo app versus the routine process.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Women who are admitted to the maternal and fetal medicine unit with the intention to be discharged before delivery
- •18 years old and older
- •Consent to participate
- •Owner of a smart phone
- •Consent to download the Apollo app
排除标准
- •Delivery during her admission
- •Doesn't own a smart phone
- •Refusal to download to Apollo app
- •Refusal to participate
研究组 & 干预措施
Regular discharge
The discharge is conditional on the approval of a senior physician or the attending physician in charge. The patient will go home only after the discharge letter is written.
干预措施: Regular discharge (Other)
Application discharge
The discharge is conditional on the approval of a senior physician or the attending physician in charge. The participant will sign on a "Form for discharge and consent to receive a discharge letter, using the "Apollo" application" in which the discharge process, recommendations and contact information of the department are described. Thereafter, the patient will be discharge home and the discharge letter will be available in the app once it is written. The participant is guided to contact the department, in case the discharge letter is not received in the application up to 24 hours after discharge.
干预措施: Discharge using Apollo application (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
The mean time needed from discharge decision until the actual discharge
时间窗: up to 24 hours from discharge decision
次要结局
- Satisfaction rate from the discharge method(Within a week following discharge from the department)
- The rate of participants with any technical difficulties to receive the discharge letter and reasons(Within a week following discharge from the department using a questionnaire)
- The rate of participants with missed information that required the patient to seek medical help(Within a week following discharge from the department using a questionnaire)
- The rate of participants with discrepancies between the discharge recommendations written in the final discharge letter and the "Form for discharge and consent to receive a discharge letter, using application" and details regarding the discripancies(Within a week following discharge from the department)